The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.


Quantity Value HuID Source Type
Global water volume used for irrigation 1.28 × 1012 m3 / yr 43593 Quin, Y., Mueller, N. D., …
Mass loss (anomaly) from Greenland Ice Sheet since 2002 -(5.122 ± 0.051) × 1015 kg 44746 Wiese, D. N., D.-N. Yuan, …
Annual Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent loss -5.41 × 1010 m2 / yr 47740 Fetterer, F., K. Knowles, W. …
Irrigated water requirement for beef production 1.6 ± 0.3 m3 / Mcal 47855 Eshel, G., Shepon, A., Makov, …
Irrigated water requirement for egg production (1.00 ± 0.05) × 10-1 m3 / Mcal 50173 Eshel, G., Shepon, A., Makov, …
Annual average warming of upper ocean (5.9 ± 0.4) × 10-3 ℃ / yr 51068 Cheng, L., Trenberth, K. E., …
Annual sediment flux due to rivers ≈ (1.2 ± 0.2) × 1013 kg / yr 51481 Syvitski, J.P, Vorosmarty, C.J, Kettner, …
Estimated global mean sea level rise since 1900 due to Antarctic Ice Sheet meltwater {1.33 (-0.09, +0.07)} × 10-2 m 52256 Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Caron, …
Volume of water in rivers that are free-flowing ≈ 6.04 x 1011 m3 55718 Grill, G., Lehner, B., Thieme, …
Estimated global mean sea level rise since 1900 due to Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater (5.40 ± 0.04) × 10-2 m 56668 Frederikse, T., Landerer, F., Caron, …
Irrigated water requirement for poultry production (1.4 ± 0.04) × 10-1 m3 / Mcal 58410 Eshel, G., Shepon, A., Makov, …
Volume of water in rivers that are not free-flowing ≈ 5.64 × 1011 m3 61661 Grill, G., Lehner, B., Thieme, …
Global water volume used in reservoir management 1.10 × 1011 m3 64549 Quin, Y., Mueller, N. D., …
Arctic glacier mass loss (2.13 ± 0.29) × 1014 kg / yr 65272 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
Annual Northern Hemisphere sea ice area loss -2.45 × 1010 m2 / yr 66277 Fetterer, F., K. Knowles, W. …